Hempstead, NY Vol.76 | Issue 10
The Hofstra
Chronicle
Thursday
November 11, 2010
Keeping the Hofstra Community informed since 1935
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Top: U.S. Marshals strip search the vehicle in question. The vehicle was parked in the Breslin Hall parking lot, on the side of Dempster Hall. (Jessica  Lewis/The  Chronicle)
Left: U.S. Marshals had a warrant for the person’s vehicle being investigated. Public Safety was unaware of hte investigation until after the fact. (Photo  Courtesy  James  Cohen,  Adjunct  Professor  of  Radio,  Television  and  Film)
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Alpha  Phi  hosted  Creating  Connections  through  New  Member  Education  on  Wednesday,  Nov.  10,  where  J.D.  Louk,  Director  of  Collegiate  Operations  for  Alpha  Phi  talked  with  the  University’s  Greek  organizations  about  how  to  create  traditions  in  line  with  University  guidelines. “I  think  that  hazing  is  a  really  touchy  and  awkward  subject  here,â€?  said  Jenna  Fishner,  Alpha  Phi  Hofstra  Chapter  president.  “Everyone  does  it  whether  they  realize  it’s  hazing  or  not.  I  think  that  people  need  to  look  at  the  rit-Â
uals  they  call  tradition  and  some- times  they  need  to  be  reevaluated.  That  was  a  really  hard  reality  that  Alpha  Phi  had  to  face.â€?  During  the  Spring  2010  semes- ter,  Alpha  Phi  was  accused  of  practicing  new  member  education  that  violated  the  New  Membership  Packet.  Most  of  the  discussion  during  the  event  focused  on  the  content  of  this  packet.  The  New  Membership  Packet  outlines  examples  of  behaviors  (volun- tary  and  involuntary)  that  can  be  GHÂżQHG DV KD]LQJ DV ZHOO DV UHDI- ¿UPLQJ WKH SXUSRVH RI IUDWHUQLW\ and  sorority  life  at  the  University. “Your  new  member  packet  is  ridiculous,  it’s  a  lot  of  stuff,â€? Â
said  Louk,  the  event’s  speaker.  “How  do  you  follow  this?  You  don’t.â€?   Louk  engaged  the  audience  by  walking  into  the  aisles  and  asking  questions  directly.  “I  know  that  tra- dition  is  pretty  touchy  here,â€?  said  Louk.  “Maintaining  tradition  can  be  amazing,  but  it  can  also  detrimen- tal  to  our  organizations.â€? In  the  past,  the  University  has  had  several  incidences  concerning  hazing.  In  the  1940s,  the  Greek  life  held  Hell  Week,  which  was  a  period  set  for  new  members,  or  ‘pledges,’  to  be  hazed.  At  the  time,  most  hazing  occurred  outside  where  other  students  could  watch.  A  1947  Hofstra  Chronicle  article Â
entitled,  “Student  Council  asks  cooperation  in  Frosh  Hazingâ€?  covered  Student  Council’s  (now  known  as  Student  Government  Association)  request  to  Greek  life  to  participate  in  hazing  rituals.   Today,  SGA  does  not  have  a  spe- FLÂżF SROLF\ DERXW KD]LQJ KRZHYHU it  follows  University  guidelines  which  do  not  allow  any  form  of  hazing.  ³, WKLQN *UHHN OLIH LVQÂśW Ă€RXU- ishing  as  much  as  it  could  be  because  of  the  negative  reputation  we’ve  gotten  from  things  in  the  past  with  new  member  education,â€?  said  Fishner. In  2008,  New  York  Post  said,  “a  Long  Island  college  freshman Â
says  she  has  been  hounded  by  vengeful  sorority  girls  who  verbally  and  physically  attacked  her  and  threatened  to  “slit  her  throatâ€?  when  she  decided  she  didn’t  want  to  join  their  group.â€?  That  group,  Phi  Epsilon,  was  found  not  guilty  for  all  charges  regarding  this  2008  incident.  However,  a  second  FKDUJH ÂżOHG DJDLQVW WKH VRURULW\ in  a  completely  separate  incident  later  that  year  found  them  guilty.  Phi  Epsilon  was  suspended  from  campus  in  Spring  2008  and  returned  in  Fall  2009.   “They  served  their  time,  came  back,  and  they’ve  been  compli-Â
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